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Kamikaze Krazy · 05-13-08, 03:28 AM

Quote:

"Acoustic torpedo is not acoustic,I fired at a ship and it went right by it." -bob224

Torp Specs:

Mk 27
range: 4,500 yards
speed: 12 kts

Note on the torpedo by me: This fish homes in on ANY sound being made within range.

What I normaly do is get within a range of 3,500 yards (Although I get about 2,500 yards from the target.) and stop my engines and THEN launch the torp. That way it won't home in on you!

I had that happen once and yet for some odd reason, it didn't hurt me. My hull was at maximum strength!

Anyway, like I said, make sure you stop your engines (hitting the key to the left of the 1) BEFORE firing. That way, it will pick up the enemy's engine and prop noise and then home toward it as it will only source of racket instead of homing in on you. That way, the enemy is making the noise, NOT YOU!

I hope I was helpful enough for you.

tomoose · 05-13-08, 09:47 AM

1 the map is in KM but my missions are in NM,I do,nt know how many NM are in a KM.
what I do is use the ruler and measure out 160 km for 100 nm.Could someone put a
scale for NM in the map.
The fol is in caps only for clarity, I'm not "shouting", LOL!

THERE IS A COUPLE OF MODS WITH A NOMOGRAPH ( A SCALE THAT IS SUPERIMPOSED ON YOUR MAP AND ALLOWS THIS TYPE OF CALCULATION).

2 The telegraph is to slow , is there a way to speed it up,to try and lock on to a
target is diffacult.
NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY TOO SLOW. THE TELEGRAPH IS THE METHOD USED TO TELL THE ENGINE ROOM WHAT SPEED YOU WANT ETC. IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE PERISCOPE AND TURNING IT THEN SHIFT + ARROW KEY MOVES IT FASTER.
3 Some time the name in my orders are not on the map ,how come?
AGAIN, THERE ARE MODS TO ADDRESS THIS (I RECOMMEND TMO).
4 Acoustic torpedo is not acoustic,I fired at a ship and it went right by it
ACOUSTIC TORPEDOES ARE NOT PERFECT AND MUST BE FIRED WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE AND ARC OF FIRE. AS MENTIONED THEY GO AFTER ANY ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE TO THEIR FRONT SO MORE SHIPS COULD MEAN MORE CONFUSTION FOR THE TORP SO TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP YOUR OWN ENGINES AS I'VE SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED A FEW SHIPS WITH ACOUSTICS AND I WAS MOVING AT A GOOD SPEED.
5 How come the WO can see ship far away and when I got to look I cannot see them. What the heck is ''long rang''?.I try once fallow his direstions and when 600 KM but found nothing.
LONG RANGE CAN BE THOUSANDS OF YARDS AND MORE THERE IS NO SPECIFIC NUMBER RANGE (I.E. BETWEEN 3000YDS AND 20NM). IT IS 'FAR AWAY', LOL!
THE CREW ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE MUCH BETTER 'EYESIGHT' THAN YOU AND WILL SPOT SHIPS AT QUITE A FAR DISTANCE. YOU NEED TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON THIS ONE AS GENERALLY I'VE FOUND THAT IF THEY'RE SEEING SOMETHING AT A DISTANCE THEN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT TOO (EITHER WITH THE BINOS OR WITH THE TBT). IT MAY ONLY BE A FAINT WISP OF SMOKE ON THE HORIZON BUT I HAVE NOT HAD ANY FALSE SIGHTINGS YET. IF I CAN'T SEE SOMETHING I'LL ASK FOR A SIGHTING REPORT TO GET A BEARING AND SIGHT ON THAT LINE AND WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE OUT SOMETHING. IT ALSO HELPS WHEN I ADJUST COURSE TO THAT BEARING TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE.

bob224 · 05-13-08, 07:46 PM

I.l answer kraty first:
I carried all MK27, on one of my missions,first ship I see ,I fire a spread of 3 at 1600 m.The first 2 missed ,the second one hit stern .So now I wait till under 1000m and fire
3 more at the ship,forward of ship,all hit.The ship slowed down to 11 knt,but keep going. No more left to fire,last time I carired MK27.The MK27 has the fire power of firer cracker.

Now to answer Tomoose:{yes I know you were no shouting at me]
I just want someone to tell me how many NM in KM.I live in Canada and use KM all the time
so what I do is use thhe ruler and measue out 1oo Km= 60 miles plus 60km =90 miles
and then figure that is about 100 NM

2 About the telegraph ,when I tell the pilot to center the rudder I want it done now ,not two weeks later.I,m retired military{32 years} and when I tell a person to do something they do it now,that,s all I meant about the telegraph being slow.

3 About the names on the map , I am running RSPDC-V350 -V14,I do not want to put to many mods an top of each other and I,v been playing silent hunter since 1989
,I still have the orginal SH on Floppy.And I,v had just about all the mods at one time or other in the game .And had found that RSPDC the best for me.

4 May be it,s my age ,but when the WO spots a ship ,I go look in all the possible
thing that I can look in,and still cannot see what he see.But as you say it may be to small for me to see at my age, I,ll just have to look a lot closer next.

But again thanks to everyone that got back to me on this,I read the site every day and had lots time want to answer some of the questions people put here but felt that I was not expert enough to answer.

bob224

05-13-08, 09:47 AM	#2
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	1 the map is in KM but my missions are in NM,I do,nt know how many NM are in a KM. what I do is use the ruler and measure out 160 km for 100 nm.Could someone put a scale for NM in the map. The fol is in caps only for clarity, I'm not "shouting", LOL! *THERE IS A COUPLE OF MODS WITH A NOMOGRAPH ( A SCALE THAT IS SUPERIMPOSED ON YOUR MAP AND ALLOWS THIS TYPE OF CALCULATION).* 2 The telegraph is to slow , is there a way to speed it up,to try and lock on to a target is diffacult. NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY TOO SLOW. THE TELEGRAPH IS THE METHOD USED TO TELL THE ENGINE ROOM WHAT SPEED YOU WANT ETC. IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE PERISCOPE AND TURNING IT THEN SHIFT + ARROW KEY MOVES IT FASTER. 3 Some time the name in my orders are not on the map ,how come? *AGAIN, THERE ARE MODS TO ADDRESS THIS (I RECOMMEND TMO).* 4 Acoustic torpedo is not acoustic,I fired at a ship and it went right by it ACOUSTIC TORPEDOES ARE NOT PERFECT AND MUST BE FIRED WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE AND ARC OF FIRE. AS MENTIONED THEY GO AFTER ANY ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE TO THEIR FRONT SO MORE SHIPS COULD MEAN MORE CONFUSTION FOR THE TORP SO TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP YOUR OWN ENGINES AS I'VE SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED A FEW SHIPS WITH ACOUSTICS AND I WAS MOVING AT A GOOD SPEED. 5 How come the WO can see ship far away and when I got to look I cannot see them. What the heck is ''long rang''?.I try once fallow his direstions and when 600 KM but found nothing. *LONG RANGE CAN BE THOUSANDS OF YARDS AND MORE THERE IS NO SPECIFIC NUMBER RANGE (I.E. BETWEEN 3000YDS AND 20NM). IT IS 'FAR AWAY', LOL!* THE CREW ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE MUCH BETTER 'EYESIGHT' THAN YOU AND WILL SPOT SHIPS AT QUITE A FAR DISTANCE. YOU NEED TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON THIS ONE AS GENERALLY I'VE FOUND THAT IF THEY'RE SEEING SOMETHING AT A DISTANCE THEN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT TOO (EITHER WITH THE BINOS OR WITH THE TBT). IT MAY ONLY BE A FAINT WISP OF SMOKE ON THE HORIZON BUT I HAVE NOT HAD ANY FALSE SIGHTINGS YET. IF I CAN'T SEE SOMETHING I'LL ASK FOR A SIGHTING REPORT TO GET A BEARING AND SIGHT ON THAT LINE AND WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE OUT SOMETHING. IT ALSO HELPS WHEN I ADJUST COURSE TO THAT BEARING TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE.

05-13-08, 07:46 PM	#3
bob224 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	I.l answer kraty first: I carried all MK27, on one of my missions,first ship I see ,I fire a spread of 3 at 1600 m.The first 2 missed ,the second one hit stern .So now I wait till under 1000m and fire 3 more at the ship,forward of ship,all hit.The ship slowed down to 11 knt,but keep going. No more left to fire,last time I carired MK27.The MK27 has the fire power of firer cracker. Now to answer Tomoose:{yes I know you were no shouting at me] I just want someone to tell me how many NM in KM.I live in Canada and use KM all the time so what I do is use thhe ruler and measue out 1oo Km= 60 miles plus 60km =90 miles and then figure that is about 100 NM 2 About the telegraph ,when I tell the pilot to center the rudder I want it done now ,not two weeks later.I,m retired military{32 years} and when I tell a person to do something they do it now,that,s all I meant about the telegraph being slow. 3 About the names on the map , I am running RSPDC-V350 -V14,I do not want to put to many mods an top of each other and I,v been playing silent hunter since 1989 ,I still have the orginal SH on Floppy.And I,v had just about all the mods at one time or other in the game .And had found that RSPDC the best for me. 4 May be it,s my age ,but when the WO spots a ship ,I go look in all the possible thing that I can look in,and still cannot see what he see.But as you say it may be to small for me to see at my age, I,ll just have to look a lot closer next. But again thanks to everyone that got back to me on this,I read the site every day and had lots time want to answer some of the questions people put here but felt that I was not expert enough to answer. bob224